@article {2040, title = {Communicating Mixed Messages About Religion through Internet Memes}, journal = {Information, Communication \& Society}, volume = {20}, year = {2017}, pages = {1458-1520}, abstract = {This article investigates the dominant messages Internet memes communicate about religion. Internet memes about religion are defined as, {\textquoteleft}memes circulated on the Internet whose images and texts focus on a variety of religious themes and/or religious traditions{\textquoteright} (Bellar et al., 2013). By drawing on meme genres identified by Shifman (2012) and analyzing techniques used to frame ideas concerning religion in memes, this study identifies common genres found amongst religious Internet meme and core frames used to present messages and assumptions about religion online. This article further draws attention to the importance of studying religion in digital contexts, as it highlights trends, recognized by scholars toward {\textquoteleft}Lived Religion{\textquoteright} within digital culture (Campbell, 2012). Lived Religion argues that contemporary media and digital culture provide important resources for presenting popular beliefs about religion. This study also suggests that studying Internet memes about religion provides a useful lens for understanding popular conceptions about religion within mainstream culture.}, keywords = {digital cultures, internet memes, Lived religion, memes, participatory culture}, url = {https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1369118X.2016.1229004}, author = {Aguilar, A and Campbell, H and Stanley, M and Taylor, E} } @article {1932, title = {Religious Memetics: Institutional Authority in Digital/Lived Religion}, journal = {Journal of Communication Inquiry}, volume = {39}, year = {2015}, abstract = {Recently leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS/Mormon) faith have called upon members to "sweep the earth" with positive religious messages through social media. This digital moment in Mormonism exemplifies the interrelation and concomitant tension between everyday lived religion, technology, and religious institutions. While studies on digital religion have emphasized the push of participatory culture into everyday lived religion, this research on religious memes contributes to an emergent vein of digital religion scholarship focused on institutional authority. In our analysis of the "doubt your doubts" meme and antimemes we theorize religious memetics as a space for the reconnection of the everydayness of religious practice, which boils down meaningful moments of faith into facile, nonthreatening avenues for sharing religion. While this is beneficial for institutions, the reflexive and metonymic function of religious memes ruptures routine, offering participants momentary pauses from the demands of orthodox religious life.}, keywords = {Digital Religion, Lived religion, meme, mormonism, religious memetics}, doi = {10.1177/0196859915603096}, url = {http://jci.sagepub.com/content/39/4/357.abstract}, author = {Burroughs, Benjamin and Feller, Gavin} } @inbook {1277, title = {What Scripture Tells me: Spontaneity and Regulation within the Catholic Charismatic Renewal}, booktitle = {Lived Religion in America: Toward a History of Practice}, year = {1997}, publisher = {Princeton University Press }, organization = {Princeton University Press }, keywords = {Catholic, Charismatic Renewal, Christianity, Lived religion, religious participation}, url = {http://books.google.com/books/about/Lived_Religion_in_America.html?id=IIk8WWy2kGsC}, author = {Hervieu-Leger, D} }